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Code Scanner

Code Scanner
How to scan QR codes and barcodes with Pepper
2020/02/27
Pepper closeup
Pepper QiSDK
Code Scanner
Blog

Chatbots

Chatbots
and the uncanny valley of linguistics - Are you interested in chatbots? If so, you are probably familiar with the challenging topic of vocal interaction... As a SoftBank Robotics linguist working on the subject with our robots, I attended a linguistics conference to check the state of the art on this issue. Here’s what I learned there!
2020/02/27
Chatbots
Blog

The Lottie animation tool

The Lottie animation tool
Experimenting the flexible and efficient Android library on Pepper’s tablet - Light and flexible, Lottie is a popular mobile library to make 2D animations on Android devices such as Pepper’s tablet. Indeed, Pepper is not just a voice user interface, but the tablet animations are very helpful in improving the interactive efficiency of the robot. At SoftBank Robotics we already tried out Lottie and there is what we found.
2019/03/12
Pepper closeup
Pepper QiSDK
Pepper closeup
Pepper (NAOqi 2.5)
The Lottie animation tool
Blog

Pepper Slack messenger

Pepper Slack messenger
Sending Slack messages by voice thanks to Pepper - What if Pepper could help you increase your productivity at work? By linking the robot to a Slack channel, we will be able to send and receive messages by voice control thanks to Pepper.
2019/11/12
Pepper closeup
Pepper QiSDK
Pepper Slack messenger
Blog

Robot Dialogue Guidelines

Robot Dialogue Guidelines
What you should know before writing dialogues for Pepper and NAO - Writing dialogue for robots may seem easy, but there is actually a lot to keep in mind: from naming conventions to best practices for writing good inputs and outputs, plus some tips about scenarios and how to best use Pepper's tablet. Let's check all this together and see how to make great dialogues for Pepper and NAO!
2021/02/24
Robot Dialogue Guidelines
Blog

“Pepper, is today a holiday in Japan?”

“Pepper, is today a holiday in Japan?”
Linking Pepper to a web API using android's Retrofit client - Learning about API use and how to link them to Pepper, we will grant the robot access to the Nager.date API, an online service containing data about the upcoming holidays worldwide. The goal of the app we will create would be for Pepper to answer to related questions such as: “Pepper, is today a holiday in Japan?”.
2019/11/12
Pepper closeup
Pepper QiSDK
“Pepper, is today a holiday in Japan?”
Blog

Pepper illuminates your home with IoT

Pepper illuminates your home with IoT
Controlling a Philips hue lamp with a simple robotic app - Light up your living room just by greeting Pepper when coming home thanks to IoT (Internet of Things). There is a large variety of connected objects such as lamps, boilers, presence sensors, radiators and much more you can try to connect to your Pepper. You could imagine Pepper being the interface to your home’s devices and control them.Let’s connect Pepper to a Philips Hue lamp in the first place.
2019/11/12
Pepper closeup
Pepper QiSDK
Pepper illuminates your home with IoT